Barack plays a key role as US ambassador to Turkey, Special Envoy to Syria, and one of the key figures in American policy in the Levant, while also keeping constant dialogues with Gulf state actors.

DAMASCUS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Owning a copy of Sayyid Qutb's "Milestones" could land you in jail or worse in Syria when the Assads ruled. But at a Damascus book fair this month, the title by the radical Islamist ideologue was on prominent display and selling well.

The US has withdrawn from the Al-Tanf garrison is positioned at the tri-border confluence of Syria, Jordan and Iraq. Established during Syria's civil war in 2014, the US initially relied on it as a hub for operations by the US-led coalition against Islamic State militants who once controlled a vast swathe of territory in Iraq and Syria before being defeated in 2019.

Hani Al Sawah, a rap artist known as Al Darwish, has returned to Syria after 13 years to perform his political songs for the first time without the Assad dynasty in power.

Syrian Information Minister Hamza al-Mustafa met Thursday with a Turkish delegation from the Directorate of Communications at the

Mr Sharaa makes such history hard to forget. He once waged jihad against American occupiers in Iraq and spent five years in Iraqi prisons. In Shia-majority Iraq, where Iran, the Middle East’s leading Shia power, holds great sway, his decision to join the jihadists is not easily forgiven.

In the post-Assad era, more Jews are visiting a country that some fled decades ago. One hotel restaurant offers a corner where religious dietary requirements are melded with the local cuisine.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday received US Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack in Damascus, according to a statement from the Syrian presidency.'The meeting discussed recent developments in the region and issues of mutual interest,

Ministry of Culture launched on Thursday the Syrian Cultural House project, which is based on three main phases focusing on

The changes on the ground are part of a January 30 deal between the Syrian Transitional Government and the Syrian Democratic Forces.